Shock-compressed MgSiO3 glass, enstatite, olivine, and quartz: Optical emission, temperatures, and melting

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Luo, Sheng Nian ^a,b   Akins, Joseph A ^b   Ahrens, Thomas J ^b   Asimow, Paul D ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equation of state; Melting; Perovskite; Pyrometry; Shock temperature; Silicates

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DENSITY; EMISSION; ENSTATITE; MELTING; OLIVINE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PEROVSKITE; QUARTZ; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

EID: 4644311738     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002860     Document Type: Article

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